The Hadid-Family Patriarch Is Battling His Bel Air Neighbors Over a Half-Built Mansion

Mohamed poses with his daughters Gigi and Bella at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2016.

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Mohamed Hadid has found himself in some Los Angeles property drama. The real-estate developer—and father of Gigi and Bella and Anwar— is building a mega-mansion in Bel Air that has his neighbors enraged. Per the Daily Mail, Hadid’s half-constructed home, which his neighbor claims he has boasted is 40,000 square feet, is such an eyesore for everyone in the tony neighborhood that his neighbors are suing him in the effort to make him tear down the property.

“It’s 70 to 80 feet high, and it’s five or six stories; we don’t know which since we’ve never been allowed in,” said Joe Horacek, who is suing Hadid with his wife, Bibi, and other neighbors.

The neighbors have dubbed the property the “Starship Enterprise” and have photos, obtained by the Mail, that point out what are reportedly two unapproved additional floors as well as other areas of the home they say have not been approved. They say that Hadid, who bought the plot of land in 2011, bribed the city inspector to “look the other way” when illegal work was being done on on the house. (A spokesperson for the L.A. city attorney told Vanity Fair the office is reviewing the complaint and has no further comment at this time).

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Horacek says that the home is not just hard to look at; it’s also a hazard to the neighborhood.

“We believe, based on reports we’ve had done by geological and civil engineers, that this building is so much bigger than it’s supposed to be—with much of it built without permits or inspections—that it’s a very real danger to our community and should be demolished.”

In a statement to Vanity Fair, Horacek’s attorney George Soneff said, “Mr. Hadid promised to build a 14,000 square foot single family home. Instead he built what is essentially a small hotel, measuring over 30,000 square feet, perched on a steep hillside. The structure was built without the required permits and plans, and without the inspections necessary to assure that the residents who live directly below are safe in the event of an earthquake or landslide. It is a disaster waiting to happen.”

In 2017, the Beverly Hills estate where Bella and Gigi grew up was listed for $85 million; it sold for $56 million earlier this year.

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